Re: NYC LOCAL: Thursday 14 June 2012 NYLUG: Roberto Sanchez on Easy iptables Management with Shorewall

[Torre Starnes]

On 13 Jun 2012 16:58:01 -0400, secretary@lxny.org wrote:

> <blockquote
>   what="official NYLUG announcement"
>   edits="">
> 
>  From: NYLUG Announcements <info@nylug.org>
>  To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
>  Date: Mon,  4 Jun 2012 13:35:00 -0400 (EDT)
>  Subject: [nylug-announce] NYLUG Presents: 6/14 @ 6:30PM Roberto Sanchez on 
> An Introduction to Easy iptables Management with Shorewall
>  Reply-To: Announcements from NYLUG <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
> 
>  Thursday, June 14, 2012
>  6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
>  Chelsea Market Office
>  75 Ninth Ave, 2nd Floor
>  NY, NY 10011
>  *** RSVP Closes at 4:30 PM the day of the meeting (sharp!) ***
>  Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
>  Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/ or 
> http://www.meetup.com/nylug-meetings/events/46911322/
> 
>                                 Roberto Sanchez
>                                     - on -
>                             An Introduction to Easy
>                        iptables Management with Shorewall
> 
>  Shorewall is a gateway/firewall configuration tool for GNU/Linux.  This
>  talk will cover the basics of getting and installing Shorewall along with
>  some of the more straightforward and common configurations (e.g., using
>  Shorewall on a gateway system to provide firewalling services between your
>  LAN and the Internet).  The emphasis is on the easy nature of Shorewall
>  configuration and how Shorewall assists the administrator.  A very brief
>  overview will also be provided of some Shorewall's more advanced features. 


Finally a decent topic.
Shorewall is an excellent front end that is easy to work with and
very powerful.